Synonyms for hurly-burly

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hur-lee-bur-lee, -bur-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr liˈbɜr li, -ˌbɜr-

Définition of hurly-burly

Origin : also hurlyburly, 1530s, apparently an alteration of phrase hurling and burling, reduplication of 14c. hurling "commotion, tumult," verbal noun of hurl (q.v.). Hurling time was the name applied by chroniclers to the period of tumult and commotion around Wat Tyler's rebellion.

noun restlessness

Example sentences :

I went on, a thought coming to the surface in the hurly-burly of my mind.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

In the hurly-burly and the general shriek for mercy his reassurances were not heard.
Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling

They tell me you were the man who pulled me out of that hurly-burly.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

It was all hurly-burly, and every one was ordered immediately to quarters.
Extract from : « Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 » by Jasper Danckaerts

But what can have brought you into this hurly-burly of folly and wickedness?
Extract from : « John Deane of Nottingham » by W.H.G. Kingston

Once in the hurly-burly of the foam the chances would be all on its side.
Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior

I summon from that humming and hurly-burly past, the ancient proof-reader.
Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend

He returned home to be swept into the hurly-burly of military affairs.
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.

Quickly he was lost to view in the hurly-burly of foam and spray.
Extract from : « The Crew of the Water Wagtail » by R.M. Ballantyne

So fierce was the hurly-burly that it seemed as if man and horse must perish under it.
Extract from : « The Rover of the Andes » by R.M. Ballantyne

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